The sound of a volcano

I wouldn’t think that listening to the voice of a volcano would be such a calm experience. Thinking about it, this was one of the most beautiful natural pink noises I have every heart. Softer than waterfalls, softer than rapids, but then occasionally unleashing an enormous power, reminding me where I was standing and let […]

ABSURD – a (Bombproof) Simple Underwater Recording Device – First Report

This blog is also about listening. So please put on your headphones.   Some of you may have heard about the recent experiment, in which researchers have placed underwater loudspeakers in degraded coral reefs and played audio recordings taken from healthy reefs. They wanted to see if the recordings would attract the fish to come […]

BBC Radio 3 features binaural recordings

In the episode Tape gonk and Scottish tales of the radio show Late Junction on BBC Radio 3, produced by Chris Elcombe, several minutes of my piece «the last of their kind» about the endangered dolphins in Mekong has been broadcasted. Produced by Chris Elcombe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00075wr

New Radio Feature – listen to “the last of their kind”

Southeast Asia PhoNographic Mornings by Stratis SKANDALAKIS Submerge in the channel of waste Arise to the wetlands Dive with the frogs Feel the elementary power of water and life Enter the last shelter embraced by the rainforest Hide from the armed men In the tunnels of a termite mound Step into the Mekong Listen to […]

Nam Theum 2 – the devastation of the Nakai Plateau

“The Nakai Plateau, now submerged beneath our boat, was once legendary for its beauty and wildlife. Lao princes and the French colonialists who succeeded them hunted its tigers from the backs of elephants. Unspoiled forests of dipterocarps and stately pines resounded with the gabble of monkeys, the ethereal hoots of gibbons, and the chatter of […]

The story behind the new Release ‘The Amazon Jungle’

Peru is a multiethnic country of huge biodiversity and different geographic zones. Many associate it with the highlands of the Andes, the colorful handcrafted dresses of old Quechua women made of alpacas fur, the Incas, Machu Picchu or the Titicaca lake. But Peru has much more to offer. It is made up of three regions, la Costa […]